μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Frogs demand a live king. King Log. Zeus has given them a log as king, but they find him too quiet. He then gives them a stork who eats them.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Forethought. · Forethought in conflicts with others. · Avoidance of others' power. · view the constellation · filed as J643.1

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Scholars’ trail — 7references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • LithuanianBalys Index No. *277
  • EstonianAarne FFC XXV No. *277
  • RussianAndrejev No. 277
  • Spanish ExemplaKeller.
  • general Wienert FFC LVI *78 (ET 436), 110 (ST 217)
  • general Halm Aesop No. 76
  • general *Crane Vitry 143 No. 24
Within the index

Filed under Care against future tyranny.

Filed beside it
Kite as king of chickensLion as king of animals reinstated after elephant is tired
Carried in tale types

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